Net Wrap Cutter For Big Bales

Net Wrap Cutter For Big Bales BALE HANDLING “Net wrap is a great product but taking it off bales is something else ” says Dick Schirado adding that it’s especially difficult in subzero temperatures when feeding up to 400 head of cattle on his Glen Ullin N Dak ranch
    Like the other inventions he’s come up with to make chores easier Schirado designed a net wrap cutter that worked so well he built several to set up wherever he feeds cattle Working with a local fabricator he plans to start selling his patent-pending cutter this fall
    A video on his website shows how it works Schirado picks up a big round bale with the tractor’s grapple fork and slides it over the top of the blade using very little down pressure Once cut he places the bale on the ground and repeats with more bales When finished he uses the grapple to pick off the netting and drop it in a pile where it can be removed at a later date
    “The wrap balls up and doesn’t get dragged around I do a way better job of picking it up with this system than before when I just let it lay there ” Schirado says
    Loaders with a hay spear also work with the net wrap cutter he notes
    The cutter is 4 ft tall and 7 ft long so it’s high enough to be safe around people and livestock and it’s mounted on a stable pipe frame
    Schirado welcomes inquiries from manufacturers in other parts of the U S interested in building the net wrap cutter for local sales He anticipates the cutters will sell for about $200
    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Dick Schirado 6275 31st St Glen Ullin N Dak 58631 ph 701 471-5370; www schiradoinventions com

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